Updates

February 20 2018
Press

Campaigns & Elections: Voters Are Lying To Us. Here's Why It Could Be Helpful

Where there is a significant difference between someone's reported behavior and their actual behavior, an opportunity arises to change that person's habits by highlighting this discrepancy.

January 10 2018
Press

Huffington Post: Climate Voters Could Swing Congress, But They Might Not Be Who You Think They Are

A more accurate and nuanced picture reveals that environmentalists aren't nearly as white, rich, or uniformly young as we're often led to believe.

December 10 2017
Press

What Matters Most: Nathaniel Stinnett on the 'What Matters Most' Podcast

Nathaniel Stinnett is someone who is making a real difference in the world through a beautiful idea: activate environmental voters to promote a more sustainable and healthy future for all of us.

A photo from the People’s Climate March in 2014. By South Bend Voice

November 17 2017
Press

HuffPost: Early Signs That 2018 Will Be The Year Of The Climate Voter

It’s hard to believe, but the 2018 election cycle is already here. The 2017 campaign lawn signs haven’t come down yet, but pundits are already calling the November 7th results a harbinger of Democratic victories to come in 2018.

Nathaniel Stinnett served as a political adviser and consultant to campaigns and nonprofits for more than a decade before founding the Environmental Voter Project.

October 7 2017
Press

Huffington Post: This Man Is Building An 'Army Of Environmental Super Voters' To Rival The NRA In Turnout

Dismayed by how low environmental concerns like climate change, pollution and pipelines rank on surveys of voter priorities, Stinnett founded the nonpartisan Environmental Voter Project three years ago on the hunch that a substantial number of people care about environmental issues and are registered to vote, but don't show up on Election Day.

September 10 2017
Press

EcoWatch: Why Environmentalists Can't Afford To Wait Until 2018

Many despondent environmentalists are turning their focus to the 2018 midterms as their only chance to get a seat at the policy-making table. That is a big mistake.

August 23 2017
Press

WBUR: Environmentalists Tend To Have Bad Voting Records - And Lie About It

The word "environmentalist" usually conjures up an image of passionate activists ready to hold their leaders and community accountable for responsible environmental practices.

August 2 2017
Blog posts

Sign the pledge: I will vote in every election!

Environmentalists need to start voting...and we need to start now.

May 31 2017
Blog posts

Trump Climate Decision Could Wake "Sleeping Lion" That Is Environmental Voters

Statement from Environmental Voter Project Founder Nathaniel Stinnett on President Trump's Reported Decision To Pull The United States Out of the Paris Climate Accord.

March 28 2017
Blog posts

Environmental Voter Project Gets Stunning First Year Results

The Boston-based nonprofit that uses data analytics and behavioral science to identify non-voting environmentalists and turn them into consistent voters has just released the results from its first year of mobilizations.